( if only she knew, she could get the poor boy something, along with a lecture about proper self-care. as it is: )

Well, I hope they didn't taste any better because of a five-finger discount. In any case, the dipped fruits are a better idea than just eating entire bars of the stuff, so that's a good choice.

And I'm a Swiss! I'm a person from Switzerland. But you may definitely not eat me, young man. ( she tries to make her voice admonishing, but she just ends up laughing. then comes the somber pattering of rain, and she waits, and then she listens. )

What you've described is how a lot of people have said they remember a near-death experience being. ( and there are plenty of scientific explanations for why everything feels so good, but she saves them for now. )

It sounds like it was nice. Like you were being surrounded by a mother's love.